Ex-Priest Convicted of Molesting 3 Boys
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A former priest was convicted of sexually abusing three altar boys in a case that already had produced the nation’s largest civil judgment for clergy sex-abuse allegations. Jurors deliberated 7 1/2 hours over two days before finding Rudolph Kos, 52, guilty of three counts of aggravated sexual assault and one of indecency with a child. Kos was acquitted of one indecency count.
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